Symantec: USB Drives Threaten More Than Endpoints

NEW YORK -- Experts from security firm Symantec warned that USB drives are a real
security threat to enterprise networks. The comments came in the opening speech at
Symantec Norton Cyber Crime day here.

In this case, an old threat is new again, according to Kevin Haley, Symantec Security
Response group product manager. He pointed out that the first viruses were transmitted by
floppy drives and Symantec fought them on Macintosh computers in 1982.

He added that when an infection is brought in to the enterprise on a USB drive and
then stored on a network drive, it can be especially difficult to get rid of, and can
cause headaches for IT even if no endpoints are infected.

Goldman was a technical writer at ABE Corporation in Tokyo, Japan, preparing manuals for cellular phones and other equipment during the transition from analog to digital technologies. He returned to the U.S. and edited for Simon & Schuster before working at ISP-Planet and ISPCON from 2000 to 2009.

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